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March 10, 1953 Patented Mar. 10, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICELANDING NET Frank Jensen, Clifford W. J ensen, and Dale Jensen, Trenton,Utah Application April 7, 1951, Serial N6. 219,794

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a quick acting telescoping landing net whichis capable of being expelled instantly into operative position and whichis easily retracted'intoits casing.

It is an object of this invention to provide a easing into whichthelanding net may be held when not in use, but-the'net can be instantlyexpelled from the casing into full open position without any damagebeing done to the net.

It is another objectof this invention to provide a cylindrical casingforretaining a landing net and its support means therein, and propulsionmeans including a spring actuated piston for instantly expelling thelanding net and its frame members from the casing, of cord means havingits opposite ends associated with the bottom of the net and the frontofthe casing with a guide tube for the'cordsecuredto the front end of thepiston.

A still further object of this invention relates to a quick actinglandingnet means in' which a casing is provided for housing? the metwhen not in use, of frame membersfor' supporting the net having flexibleguidemeans for aiding in expelling the net from the-casing an'd forprotecting the net from damage-by the'frame' members when the net isbeing drawnintothe-casing.

Other and further objects will become apparent from thedetaileddescription and the subjoined claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure l is a sideelevational view of the telescopic landing net and itscasing, the net being in expelled position. from its casing or in itsoperative position parts-in section, and parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a top planet the telescopic landing net in open position,parts in section and parts broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2 showingtheguides in the front end of the casing for the frames for the net.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1 disclosingthe pivot or hinge means for front end of the frame members of thelanding net.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary: view of the piston, showing the tube for thec'ord for-the landing net and the pivot meansfor therear 'end of" framemembers of the landing-net Referring in detail to the drawings I0 is thetelescopic landing net means which comprises a cylindrical metal casingI 2 having a cap 14 removably mounted on one end with an aperturedprojection by which the net means [B may be suspended from a hook on thefishermans belt, etc.

The top of the casing I2 is provided with a longitudinal slot [8 whichextends from a point slightly ahead of-the cap end I4 of the casing tonear the opposite end of the casing. A collar 2t provided with a chamber22 whose diameter gradually becomes greater from the rear end toward thefront end of'the collar 20' except for a small circumferential portion2| at its front end which is of the same diameter throughout its lengthof receiving a round metal closure plate 50.

A piston member 241s mounted for sliding movement inside the casing12. Afinger element 25 is secured to 'the piston 24 by securing meansextending through slot l8 and provided with a shank portion 28 and anelevated element 30 provided with a'fla-t' face 32* projecting beyondthe inner end of the shank'2B. A relatively large compression spring" 34is-carried in the casing l2 between the cap !4 and the rear end of thepiston 24 to provide the expulsion means for automatically extending thefishing net 54 of the device when the net is released from the casingIt). A small hollow tube 36 being open at both ends consisting of afront straight portion extending forwardly and downwardly from the frontof the piston 24 and a hook formed. in its rear portion and its rear endalso extending forwardly and downwardly from the front end of piston241s securedby solder 31 to thefront end of the piston 24 for apurposeto be set forth hereinafter; A pair of spacedbrackets 38-33 are alsosecured to the front end of the piston 24' and pivot pins 40-46arevertically mounted in the brackets 38-38 with a metal loop42encircling each pin 40.

A pair of frame members 44-44 or collapsible spring bows of thinresilient metal have their inner ends respectively secured to the loops42-42 carried by pivot pins 40-40 with their opposite ends secured tometal loops'4B-46- encircling pivot pins 48-48 vertically mounted inbrackets on theround metal plate 59; A plu rality ofspaced apartapertures are appropriately 3 formed in the center of each of thecollapsible spring bows or frames 44 extending from end to end thereof.A pair of threads 52 are threaded through the plurality of spaced apartapertures in the frames 44-44 securing the upper open end of a landingnet 54 to the inside of the frames 44-44. A separate elastic or flexibleguide member 56 of rubber or the like extends above and below the upperand lower edges respectively of each of the frames 44-44 and is securedby the threads 52 at their front portions to the inside of the frames44-44 adjacent their inner ends. The inner portion of each of theelastic guides 55 is secured to the frames 44-44 as at 58, and theirinner ends are secured to the front of the piston 24 adjacent the tube36. The elastic guides 55 prevent the metal frames 44-44 from cuttingthe net 54 when the net is retracted into the easing I2. The elasticelements 56-56 also aids to wipe or push the net 54 and control cord 50clear of the casing I2 when the net is expelled from the casing. A cord55 is secured at one end to the bottom of the net 54 with the oppositeend threaded through the tube 35 and secured to the collar 20 at 52. Thecord 55 is of sufficient length to extend from the tube 36 to the bottomof the net 54 when the piston 24 is positioned at the front end of thecasing I2 and the net 54 is in full open position as shown in Figure lof the drawing.

A housing 64 is carried on the outside of the casing I2 near its rearend and latch 55 is pivoted to the housing with a small coil spring 58normally urging the catch 6'! of the latch 65 through an aperture in thecasing I2.

When the fishing net 54 is not being used to receive a fish from a fishhook or the like, the left thumb of a user engaging the fiat surface 32of the finger element 26 pulls the piston 24 rearwardly in the casing I2against the pressure of the compression spring 34 until the catch 57 onlatch 66 engages the front end of the piston 24 for holding the net 54and frames 44-44 in a retracted condition in the casing I2. The net 54will remain in the casing as long as the latch 56 in allowed to retainthe piston 24 in its retracted position therein.

A guide groove 'II] is formed on opposite sides of the collar 20 on theinside thereof to guide and hold the side frames 44-44 in propera1ignment in the casing I2 when the net is being withdrawn into thecasing. A smaller groove (2 in each of the larger grooves 10 receivesthe edges of the threads 52 on the outside of the frames 44-44 eitherwhen the net is retracted into the casing or when the net 54 is expelledfrom the casing to prevent cutting or undue wearing on the threads 52.

The enlarged portion of chamber 22 at the outer end of the collar actsas a shuttle at its lower side by engaging the net 54 as it is beingwithdrawn into the casing I2 and pushes or wipes the net 54 toward thecenter of the chamber 22 between the flexible metal guide frames 44-44thus preventing the guide frames 44-44 damaging the net 54. When thefinger element 26 is pulled rearwardly of easing I2 retracting the net54 into the casing, the control cord GE! is pulled into casing I2 andthe end of cord 60 attached to the bottom of the net 54 pulls the bottomof the net up towards the mouth of the collar 20 and the lower end ofthe net 54 is gradually fed into the casing I2 along with the upperportion of the net insuring that the net will not bunch at the front ofthe collar 20 and then the plate 50 can completely close the front endof the casing I2. The draw or control cord tube 36 acts as a guide forthe cord 60 and tube 36 also aids in holding apart the frames 44-44 fromeach other when collapsed in the casing I2 so that the control cord 60will not be bound between the frames 44-44. The net 54 correspondssubstantiall in length to the length of one of the bow springs 44 andcontrol cord 60 corresponds substantially to the length of the net 54 sothat when the landing net is telescoped into the casing I2, the frames44-44, net 54 and cord 60 are completely retracted into and housed inthe casing I2. I

The cover plate 50 completely covers the opening in the collar 20 whenthe net 54 is withdrawn into the casing I2.

When a fisherman wishes to use the net device and it is collapsed in thecasing I2 he merely actuates the latch 66 releasing it from engagementwith the piston 24 and the coil spring 34 automatically and instantlymoves the pistonv 24 forwardly in the casing I2 thus expelling theframes 44-44 with the attached net 54 from the front end of the casingI2. The resilient. spring bows or frames 44-44 expand thus moving thenet 54 to full open position ready for in-- stant use when needed by afisherman. An in-- termediate portion of the finger element 26 en gagesa stop member I5 formed on the collar 20- for limiting the forwardmovement of the piston. 24 in the casing I2.

The front cover plate 50 acts as a hinge plate for the resilient frames44-44. A hook 8D is.

secured to the casing I2 and it is used for slipping: the device ontothe belt of a fisherman.

It is to be understood that changes in the size, shape and dimensions ofthe device may be resorted to but all such changes are deemed to. fallwithin the scope of the appended claim.

What we claim as new is:

In a landing net, a hollow casing having a removable closure means onone end, the casing being provided with a longitudinal slot, a pistonmeans mounted for sliding movement in said casing, a handle secured tothe piston and having securing means to the piston extending, throughthe slot in the casing, a compression spring carried in the casingbetween the piston and the closure means for the casing to project thepiston forwardly in the casing, a net frame consisting of a pair ofoppositely spaced spring bows slidably engageable within the hollowcasing and having at one of their ends vertically positioned pinssecured to the front end of the piston, a closure plate for the frontend of the casing provided with a pair of vertically positioned pins forpivotally mounting the opposite ends of the pair of spring bows wherebythe pair of spring bows are mounted to extend vertically with respect tothe closure plate and the piston, a net corresponding substantially inlength to the length of one of the spring bows and secured to the pairof opposed spring bows, a hollow tube mounted on the front of the pistonbetween the pair of spring bows, and a control cord correspondingsubstantially to the length of the net and having one end secured to thebottom of the net with the cord threaded through the tube and theopposite end of the cord fastened to the casing at the front end thereoffor aiding in retracting the net within the casing, said cord being ofsufllcient length to extend from the control tube to the bottom ofthenet when the tube is positioned in the front end of the casing andNumber the net frame and net are in their full open 985,114 positions,and whereby upon the net frame being 1,513,990 retracted into the casingthe control cord feeds 1,742,550 the net into the hollow casing. 52,124,952 FRANK JENSEN. 2,214,759 CLIFFORD W. JENSEN. 2,501,975 DALEJENSEN.

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